Pensions battle
We say: NO WAY! Strike to defend pensions
On Saturday 7 January Left Unity in the PCS civil service union hosted an emergency open organising meeting because our movement in defence of public sector pensions is at a critical point, writes Janice Godrich, PCS President and national chair of PCS Left Unity.
PCS left Unity meeting: Organising to step up the pensions struggle
Pensions dispute: Everything is still to fight for
What we think The open organising conference on Saturday 7 January, hosted by PCS Left Unity, the left in the largest civil service union, could prove to be a very significant moment in the public sector pension struggle…
PCS left Unity meeting: Organising to step up the pensions struggle , photo by Senan
Workers need an electoral alternative that fights for them
ust days after hundreds of trade unionists met to plan how to continue to fight the Con-Dems’ attacks on public sector pensions, Labour leader Ed Miliband pledged that a Labour government would have to ‘face the reality of the deficit’ and make cuts, writes Paula Mitchell, London Socialist Party
Unison member: no pensions sell-out
Unison placard – we won’t pay for the financial crisis on 30 November 2011 strike, photo Paul Mattsson
Socialist Party Interview
Fighting the pensions battle: An interview with Mark Serwotka
Rob Williams, the Socialist Party’s industrial organiser, interviewed PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka in the run-up to the PCS Left Unity meeting on 7 January.
Mark Serwotka, PCS General Secretary, speaking at the PCS Left Unity, photo by Socialist Party
Them and Us
Fat cat pay: empty words from Cameron
Prime minister David Cameron now tells us that he is determined to announce action in this spring’s Queen’s speech on the phenomenally high pay of ‘fat cat’ company executives, writes Roger Shrives.
Youth fight for jobs
Reject slave labour for young unemployed
“Thanks but no thanks”: In October, Youth Fight for Jobs (YFJ) activists, marched over 300 miles from Jarrow to London to hand a petition into Downing Street demanding job creation instead of workfare, bringing back EMA student payments, scrapping tuition fees, saving youth services and building affordable housing…
The Jarrow March for Jobs 2011 ends with a demonstration in London on 5 November , photo Sujeeth
Socialist Party workplace news
1,200 jobs threatened by DVLA closures
Socialist Party features
Stephen Lawrence murder – the untold story
On 3 January 2012 Gary Dobson and David Norris were found guilty of the horrific murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence and sentenced to life imprisonment…
Youth Against Racism in Europe (YRE) and Panther platform in Welling as part of the campaign to drive the racists out after the murder of Stephen Lawrence, photo R. Newton
Heseltine continued Liverpool’s decline
Liverpool struggle in the 1980s. pic: Philip Gordon
International socialist news and analysis
Nigeria shut down at start of indefinite general strike
Nigeria has been gripped by widespread anger and protest since the sudden New Year’s Day announcement of a more than doubling in the price of fuel; something which hits not just transport of people and goods but also fuel for the generators people need for electricity and fuel for cooking…
Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) in Nigeria, sister party of the Socialist Party in the UK, , photo by DSM
Socialist Party women
Socialist Women: At the frontline of the resistance
Socialist Party members from eight regions were represented at an excellent national women’s meeting on 8 January, writes Sarah Wrack.
Socialist Party news
Socialist Party 2011 fighting fund target smashed!
Help support the fightback in 2012: Socialist Party members raised a magnificent £33,322 fighting fund in the last three months of 2011, surpassing the target of £25,000 for the quarter and reaching 133%, writes Ken Douglas Socialist Party national treasurer.
Socialist Party reviews and comments
Film review :The Iron Lady in meltdown
The widely hyped film ‘The Iron Lady’ is not intended to cover all the political events of Thatcher’s life. It deals with the political issues through the incoherent rambling recollections of an old and demented Thatcher…
Thatcher: The Iron Lady, still from movie